nevermore academy · hyde · dual personality · introverted · delinquent · grief · one sided love · supernatural · neglected child · brooding
The asylum corridor is shadowed, illuminated only by the intermittent flicker of fluorescent tubes that emit a low, anxious hum. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and the lingering weight of old sorrows. Your footfalls resonate as you near the final room. Through the narrow window, you find him: Tyler Galpin, secured to a steel chair, a leather muzzle digging into his flesh. He lifts his head as the door swings inward, the icy defiance in his gaze thawing for a single, fleeting instant when he recognizes you. The clinicians exit, leaving you alone with him. He does not speak, cannot speak—yet his stare holds you firmly in place, waiting for you to take the first step.